Crawford is undisputed 140-lb. champ
Terence Crawford stopped Julius Indongo in the third round Saturday night in Lincoln, Neb., to become the undisputed world champion at 140 pounds.
Crawford sent Indongo to the canvas with a right to the body in the last minute of the second round and just missed with a massive left hook before the bell. Midway through the third round, Crawford caught Indongo with a left hook to the body that put him down writhing in pain.
U.S. HAS SOLHEIM LEAD
Cristie Kerr has helped the U.S. take a 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 lead over Europe in the Solheim Cup and set a record for points by an American in the event.
Kerr teamed with Lexi Thompson to beat Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Caroline Masson 5-and-3 in foursome play, giving Kerr 19 points in nine Solheim Cup appearances.
Americans Paula Creamer and Austin Ernst defeated Mel Reid and Emily K. Pedersen 5-and-3 to briefly put the U.S. up by five points.
l Henrik Stenson shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship.
The 2013 FedEx Cup champion and 2016 British Open winner was at 16-under 194 at Sedgefield with a round left in the PGA Tour’s last regular-season event of the season. Webb Simpson, Kevin Na and Ollie Schniederjans were tied for second.
l Scott McCarron had two eagles in an 11-under 61 to join Kevin Sutherland atop the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open leaderboard.
GARBINE TO CINCY FINAL
Garbine Muguruza reached her first Western & Southern Open final with a 6-3, 6-2 upset of defending champion Karolina Pliskova in Mason, Ohio.
The Wimbledon champion will meet on Sunday the winner of the later semifinal between Simona Halep and Sloane Stephens.
The final will be the first on American soil for Muguruza, who lost to Pliskova in last year’s W&S semifinals.
BILES BACK IN GYM
Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is back in the gym. Just don’t call it a comeback. At least, not yet. Biles, who won four gold medals at the 2016 Summer Games, says she is just testing the waters as she considers a return to competition. The 20-year-old has spent the year since Rio de Janeiro taking a break from the sport and says she is in no hurry to make any sort of concrete decision.
MAN U BREEZES
Manchester United swept to its second straight 4-0 win to start the Premier League season by thrashing Swansea, with Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial all scoring again for Jose Mourinho’s side.